Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy
Which lame excuse I exclaimed,
when my dear old mom asked
rather told me in her scolding voice
to tidy up my bedroom,
cuz this...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, 7th grade, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
texting a nine year old cousin
...Leeann and I are third cousins
similar in personalities, happy to know each other
she is nine, I am seventy-two; both of us is divisible by nine.
Her grandma asked if Leeann could text me.
A ni...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, humor,
Form: Narrative
Reading Criteria For Graduation
...to get a high school diploma you must be able to read at a twelfth grade level
this was in 1952
In 1972 we were told “an eleventh grade level is good enough”.
Today reading at a ninth grade level ...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, education,
Form: Free verse
Mort's Rolling In the Dough
...Mortimer found school to be a great big bore
Finished twelfth grade, couldn't take any more
Didn't want 'nine-to-five'
How would he ever thrive
Mort's smart ~ Opened up a cannabis store...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, business, money, school,
Form: Limerick
The Things We Don'T Remember
...I don’t remember my first introduction to the idea of same sex couples. I don’t remember the first time I was told it was a “bad” thing.
All I remember is how it felt each time the conversation came...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, courage, culture, identity, pride,
Form: Free verse
Somewhat Injury-Prone
...First grade, pelted with eggs
Second grade, broke both legs
Third grade, fell down the stairs
Fourth grade, clawed by a bear
Fifth grade, ran into a tree
Sixth grade, twisted a knee
Sev...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, growing up, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Approbation Deeded Gratuitously Just Because
...Approbation Deeded Gratuitously Just Because...
(this endeavor more self directed to progeny,
whose psyche wounded, strafed, and nicked.)
Incumbent upon me own
purring impetus, a sincere...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, 11th grade, farewell, father,
Form: Elegy
Auntie
...Auntie
In her lofty ways, she was always
the best example of
the stars out-shining the moon.
Her ways of doing things always
correct and proper
she was a student of the Queen.
Place settin...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, eulogy,
Form: Verse
Eve Roper
...I'm Eve
Led by God
My faith in God has always guided me
in my life. I find refuge in, poems
I write, books I read, composing descriptive
paintings, wrap myself around my computer,
a desire...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, grandmother, mother, wife,
Form: Bio
My Best Friend
...I had nowhere to turn, had nowhere to go,
this is just something ,I think you need to know!
I don't know what made me trust you,
I still remember the day, when I told what I had been throu...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, best friend, emotions, friendship,
Form: Prose Poetry
Auntie
...Auntie
In her lofty ways, she was always
the best example of
the stars out-shining the moon.
Her ways of doing things always
correct and proper
she was a student of the Queen.
Place settin...
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Categories:
twelfth grade, memorial day, strength,
Form: Bio